Deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld
| Deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld | ||
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| Basic data | ||
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| Political situation | Werra-Meissner district , Hersfeld-Rotenburg district | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Church province of Paderborn | |
| diocese | Diocese of Fulda | |
| dean | Andreas Schweimer (Bebra) | |
| Parish communities | 3 pastoral associations (2019) | |
| Parishes | 12 (2019) | |
| Catholics | 23,861 (2019) | |
| rite | Roman rite | |
| Liturgical language | German | |
The deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld is one of ten deaneries in the Roman Catholic diocese of Fulda . It roughly includes the Werra-Meißner district and the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district . It borders the Diocese of Erfurt in the east, the Dean's Office Hünfeld-Geisa in the south, the Dean's Office Fritzlar and the Diocese of Mainz in the west and the Dean's Office Kassel-Hofgeismar and the Diocese of Hildesheim in the north . The dean is Andreas Schweimer, pastor of Bebra-Rotenburg.
history
With the reform of the deanery on April 1, 2007, the deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld was newly established as one of ten deaneries of the diocese of Fulda. It emerged from the eponymous previous deaneries Eschwege and Bad Hersfeld. Since then some parish mergers have taken place, so that the number of parishes has already decreased.
structure
The Deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld is divided into the following three pastoral associations :
| Pastoral associations | associated parishes and curatia with branches |
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| St. Gabriel Werra-Meissner | St. Elisabeth (Eschwege) with the branches Hl. Dreifaltigkeit (Grebendorf), To the Holy Apostles (Heuberg), St. Antonius v. Padua (Abterode) and St. Peter (Reichensachsen); Holy Family (Sontra) with the parish church of St. Maria vom Berge Karmel (Sontra) and the branches of the Holy Cross (Nentershausen), Sancta Maria vd Engeln (Herleshausen), St. Joseph the Worker (Richelsdorf), St. John the Baptist and St. Josef (Nesselröden) and Christ's resurrection (Altenfeld); St. Nicholas (Wanfried) |
| St. Lullus Hersfeld-Rotenburg | St. Lullus (Bad Hersfeld) with the parish church St. Lullus-Sturmius (Bad Hersfeld) and the branches St. Bonifatius (Bad Hersfeld), Zu den Hll. Apostles (Bad Hersfeld), St. Marien (Bad Hersfeld), St. Mary of the Angels (Schenklengsfeld), Sacred Heart (Niederaula) and St. Gunther (Kirchheim); St. Franziskus (Bebra-Rotenburg) with the parish church of Christ the Redeemer (Rotenburg) and the branches of St. Mary (Bebra) , Queen Mary (Cornberg) and Our Lady of Sorrows (Lispenhausen); St. Robert (Heringen) with the branches St. Johannes Apostel (Friedewald), St. Barbara (Herfa) and St. Maria (Philippsthal) |
| St. Michael Werra-Meissner | Mariae names (Großalmerode); St. Joseph (Hebenshausen); St. Elisabeth (Waldkappel); St. Bonifatius (Bad Sooden-Allendorf); Christ the King (Hessisch Lichtenau); To the divine savior (Witzenhausen) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schematism of the Diocese of Fulda
- ^ Diocese of Fulda: The diocese in numbers . December 31, 2018. Online at www.bistum-fulda.de. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ↑ a b Diocese of Fulda: Digital Diocese Map (PDF; 12.4 MB). Online at www.bistum-fulda.de. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ Diocese of Fulda: staff of the dean's office in the online schematic of the Diocese of Fulda at imbfd.it-online.de. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ Diocese of Fulda: Pastoral associations and parishes of the deanery Eschwege-Bad Hersfeld . Online at www.bistum-fulda.de. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
